Popular furniture market in Biogbolo, a suburb of Yenagoa metropolis, Bayelsa State, has been gutted by fire.
The multi-million naira furniture market is located at the Biogbolo area of the Melford Okilo Expressway in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. Some of the affected persons, who spoke to our correspondent, said they believed the fire was caused by some boys who had earlier threatened to burn down the maeket if some certain demands from the area boys were not met.
The Local Government Chairman of the Yenagoa City Council, Hon. Nimizuoa Uroupaye, paid an unscheduled visit to the scene to see the level of damage caused by the fire and to sympathize with the victims.